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Front end creak

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Chriswhite421, May 19, 2025.

  1. May 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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    Chriswhite421

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    Hey y’all, replaced ball joints and pretty much every front end bushing, no sway bar either. I’m getting this creak/squeak on what seems to be the driver front end. The weird thing is while off-roading and the suspension is going full cycle it goes away, but when I’m just driving around town it is extreme dramatic, almost any input gives a creak. Lmk what you all think
     
  2. May 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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    Maybe the lower control arm bushings
     
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  3. May 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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    Kinda started right after I changed my front brake pads, but I think that
    I just did those in effort to get rid of the noise :(
     
  4. May 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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    Did you use rubber or poly LCA bushings?
     
  5. May 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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  6. May 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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    My internet guess sway bar bushes or links

    I put struts on a vehicle of mine while back
    After, weird creak/squeak developed

    I forgot to tighten SB links

    but u don’t run a SB!

    hmmmm
    U stated “almost every FE bushing”
    Which ones did you not RR?
     
  7. May 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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    Figured it out. The spherical bearings at the bottom of my icon shocks were dirty and tight as hell. Cleaned them up and put some Teflon dry lube on em. No more squeak!
     
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  8. May 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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    awesome.
     

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